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From the pages of Record World, date noted. The featured 1966 Warner Bros. Records ad was digitally restored and re-imaged by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
Author: Jim Feliciano
RECORD WORLD | ROSE BROOKS: 1966 AD! SOUL CITY RECORDS
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From the pages of Record World, date noted. The featured 1966 Soul City Records ad was digitally restored and re-imaged by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
RADIO COMMERCIAL | DENTYNE GUM, 1967
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RADIO COMMERCIALS | DELTA AIR LINES, 1963
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WXYZ-TV CLUB 1270 [Detroit Free Press]: DETROIT RADIO! A 1963 BACK-PAGE AD
CLUB 1270 [Show Theme] Les Elgart Orchestra VARSITY DRAG
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Photo: Lesley Gore highlights guest appearance on WXYZ Club 1270. Sunday, August 18, 1963
Above featured article/advertisement courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2023. Newspapers.com
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A special thank you to senior MCRFB consultant/advisor Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for contributing the Newspapers.com archives (Detroit radio related) articles, ads, and images we have featured on this site, since 2016.
Thank you, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible! 🙂
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PHIL NYE: A DECEMBER 1979 [Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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Above featured article/advertisement courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2023. Newspapers.com
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A special thank you to senior MCRFB consultant Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for contributing the Newspapers.com archives (Detroit radio related) articles, ads, and images we have featured on this site since 2016.
Thank you, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible. 🙂
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WABX FM! A JIM HAMPTON, GRANDE BALLROOM, 99X 1968 MEMORY
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A special THANK YOU to Jimmy Hampton, for recently having provided this WABX photo image, from 1968, for this site’s archive.
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KEENER GOLD! THE WKNR ‘TOP 31’ MUSIC GUIDE: JULY 18, 1968
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The above WKNR chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
COMPLIMENTS OF BIG 8 RADIO: YEAR-END CHART! THE CKLW TOP 100 HITS OF 1967
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The Top 100 Hits of 1967 Countdown premiered at big8radio.com on Saturday, May 27, at 3pm EST. / Encore presentation aired Monday, May 29 at 12 Noon EST.
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The featured CKLW Big 100 Hits of 1967 chart is courtesy of Charlie O’Brien, and Big 8 Radio.
For the benefit of our friends who might’ve missed the broadcast this past Memorial Day holiday weekend, the CKLW Top 100 of 1967 broadcast will be archived in our Aircheck Library and can be heard anytime — ON DEMAND — on this featured page at Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
A Big 8 Radio production. Another exclusive CKLW audio presentation. Brought to you by Big 8 Radio. 🙂
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SPOTLIGHTING THE COMMENT SECTION: ENCOURAGED, AND . . . APPRECIATED!
Motor City Radio Flashbacks recently heard from Mike Kenny on June 19.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and comments, posted under, Former Detroit Radio Personalities — Deceased. Mr. Kenny, wrote:
“I spent 17 years in Detroit Radio / TV. Let me add some information to your list of deceased Radio / TV people who were my co-workers:
“J. P. McCarthy – Died 16 August 1995 of a rare form of blood disease. Age 62.
“Oscar Frenette – Hired me at WPON in Pontiac, then was my co-worker at WJR News. Died 9 December 1997. Age 71. Emphysema.
“Rita Bell – hostess of “Prize Movie” Channel 7 in Detroit. Died here in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo) of Colon cancer on 9 December 2003. Age 78.
“Lowell Newton – WXYZ-TV “street reporter” then Editorial Director at the station. Was vacationing in Rome in 1981 when an assassin shot at Pope John Paul II. Newton was first to report from the scene. He was later called to Rome to testify at the trial of the assassin. Died 8 February 2000. Age 87 (?) following heart surgery.
“Dave Diles – Died at his Ohio farm from a stroke on 27 December 2009 (not the 2005 date listed). Age 78
“Jim Herrington – WXYZ-TV “street reporter”. Died in Sarasota, Florida on 4 January 2013. Age 84.
“Jennifer Moore – WJR then WDIV Newscaster. Died 11 July 2014 of cancer. Age 64.
“Bill Bonds – WXYZ-TV News anchor. Died 13 December 2014. Age 82.
“Don Haney – WXYZ-TV – He helped break the “color barrier” in Detroit TV in the 1960’s. Died in Little Rock, Arkansas on 24 March 2015. Age 80.
“2016 was a bad year for WJR alumni. I lost some good friends:
Paul Carey – WJR Sports and Tigers play-by-play announcer with Ernie Harwell. 35 years @ WJR. Died 12 April 2016. Age 88.
“Rod Hansen – WJR Award-winning Newscaster. 35 years at the station. Died on the 4th of July 2016. Age 75.
“Gene Healy – WJR Newscaster for 27 years died 16 September 2016. Age 85.
“Bob Pisor – Detroit News reporter, Coleman Young Press Secretary and WDIV Newscaster for 11 years – Died 7 July 2017 of cancer at his Northern Michigan farm. Age 77.
“Frank Benesh – First broadcaster to appear on WJRT Flint when it went on the air. Later WXYZ-TV News Director (and my boss) during the Bill Bonds, Barney Morris, Solon Gray and Ken Thomas eras. Died 7 December 2017. Age 92.
“Mike Whorf – WJR Award winning Broadcaster. Died 10 November 2020. Age 88.
“Tommy Shannon – Well known and popular CKLW & WXYZ Radio “jock”. Died in Salinas, California 27 May 2021. Age 82.
“Frank Beckmann – WJR Newsman, then Sports for 30-plus years.. Voice of U. of M., and Detroit Lions football. Died 11 February 2022. Age 72.
“I am thoroughly enjoying your look at the “old days” of Detroit Radio / TV. I will look to see if I have any old ‘radio-checks’ around.”
Thanks, Mike Kenny
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